Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-16-2021
Publication Title
Research in Nursing and Health
Volume
44
Issue
4
First Page
653
Last Page
663
Abstract
Guided by the ecological systems perspective, the objective of the study was to examine whether caregivers' difficulty paying their child's health-care bills is associated with bullying victimization directly and indirectly through the mediating mechanisms of caregivers' frustration, adolescents' internalizing problems, and social difficulty focusing on adolescents with physical disabilities. The 2019 National Survey of Children's Health dataset, which collected data on adolescents' and caregivers' demographic characteristics and health and well-being, was used. The study sample consisted of 368 caregivers of adolescents, 12–17 years of age with physical disabilities. No direct association between caregivers' difficulty paying their child's health-care bills and bullying victimization was found. However, caregivers' frustration and adolescents' internalizing problems were shown to have an indirect association with bullying victimization, which was mediated by difficulty making friends. In addition, adolescents' difficulty making friends was positively associated with bullying victimization. Practitioners working with adolescents with physical disabilities are encouraged to foster collaborative processes across various ecological systems of the adolescent and family to address caregivers' frustration and promote positive social and emotional development of the adolescent with physical disabilities, which can decrease their risk of bullying victimization.
Recommended Citation
Hong, J. S., Choi, M., Kim, I., Algood, C. L., Espelage, D. L., & Rose, C. A. (2021). Caregiver's difficulty paying child's healthcare bills and bullying victimization of adolescents with physical disabilities. Res Nurs Health. 44, 653– 663. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22142
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [Caregiver's difficulty paying child's healthcare bills and bullying victimization of adolescents with physical disabilities. Res Nurs Health. 44, 653– 663], which has been published in final form at [https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22142I]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.